The Night Ocean
by:
Paul La Farge (author)
From the award-winning author and New Yorker contributor, a riveting novel about secrets and scandals, psychiatry and pulp fiction, inspired by the lives of H.P. Lovecraft and his circle. Marina Willett, M.D., has a problem. Her husband, Charlie, has become obsessed with H.P. Lovecraft, in...
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From the award-winning author and New Yorker contributor, a riveting novel about secrets and scandals, psychiatry and pulp fiction, inspired by the lives of H.P. Lovecraft and his circle. Marina Willett, M.D., has a problem. Her husband, Charlie, has become obsessed with H.P. Lovecraft, in particular with one episode in the legendary horror writer's life: In the summer of
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9781101981085 (1101981083)
Pages no: 400
Edition language: English
This is the kind of story recommendation that could go either way. For me, this quirky, well-told tale was a thumbs-up, but I am guessing that the same reasons I liked the story might not compel another reader. I knew next to nothing about the real-life figures written about here — H.P. Lovecraft, R...
So the narrative here sort of drifts like the sea, swirling through versions of the same history, with no way to tell what is true and what is not. The mystery that we are introduced to in the first chapters turns out not to be the main thrust of the story - this is not about Charlie Willett, this i...
So the narrative here sort of drifts like the sea, swirling through versions of the same history, with no way to tell what is true and what is not. The mystery that we are introduced to in the first chapters turns out not to be the main thrust of the story - this is not about Charlie Willett, this i...
After his revision of H.P. Lovecraft's life is debunked, Marina's husband goes missing and is presumed dead. As a doctor, she realizes her doubts about his death are mostly wishful thinking, but she is driven to pursue the research that took in her husband, to figure out where he, and their relation...
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